OBLIQUE CONFINEMENT AND PHASE-TRANSITIONS IN CHERN-SIMONS GAUGE-THEORIES

Authors
DIAMANTINI MC SODANO P TRUGENBERGER CA
Citation
Mc. Diamantini et al., OBLIQUE CONFINEMENT AND PHASE-TRANSITIONS IN CHERN-SIMONS GAUGE-THEORIES, Physical review letters, 75(19), 1995, pp. 3517-3520
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
75
Issue
19
Year of publication
1995
Pages
3517 - 3520
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1995)75:19<3517:OCAPIC>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We investigate nonperturbative features of a planar lattice Chem-Simon s gauge theory modeling the physics of Josephson junction arrays. By i dentifying the relevant topological configurations and their interacti ons, we determine the phase structure of the model. Our results match observed phase transitions in Josephson junction arrays and suggest al so the possibility of oblique confining ground states corresponding to purely planar quantum Hall regimes for either charges or vortices.